Jedd O’Keefe’s Injam can continue his improvement in Friday’s Silver Bar Handicap (4.05) at Newbury.

The flat roared back into action this week with the three-day Craven meeting at Newmarket, and Newbury very much keeps the show on the road here, where O’Keefe’s five-year-old looks the best bet on the card.

Injam looked a horse to follow last season when dourly staying on to land a competitive class three handicap over two miles at York, and duly followed up two starts later at Doncaster.

Granted, race fitness must be taken on trust here as he’s been off the track since June 30, but I was impressed by the nature of those victories last summer and a 5lb rise to 90 looks more than fair, with Graham Lee (on board for the York win) taking over in the saddle.

The warm weather is producing rapidly drying ground and that’ll be music to the ears of trainer Charlie Hills ahead of A Momentofmadness’ run in the Dubai Duty Free Handicap (3.35).

Hills’ five-year-old did this column a favour a fortnight ago when making all to land a valuable sprint handicap at Kempton, breaking the course record for the opening four furlongs in the process.

A Momentofmadness didn’t win on turf last year but ran some blinders in defeat, including a neck-second at Goodwood and a terrific fourth in the Epsom “Dash” Handicap.

The drying ground will help his cause no end, he’s in the form of his life and William Buick retains the ride. He’ll be hard to beat.

At Bath, Richard Spencer’s Littlelordconford has been allotted a handy opening mark for the Ringwood Forty Niner Handicap (6.15).

There looked plenty to work with on his third start as a maiden at Kempton in October, showing good early speed to lead approaching the final furlong, but weakening badly late on.

The drop back to five furlongs looks a smart move and he could prove leniently treated off 58.

At very small stakes, it could also be worth playing a small multiple on Silvestre de Sousa's rides at Bath on Friday as he looks to have a series of good chances and it's wouldn't be unlike the superb SDS to dominate affairs.

The Scottish Grand National takes centre stage at Ayr on Saturday and Henri Parry Morgan looks to have a serious chance of landing one of the season’s most valuable handicaps for trainer Peter Bowen.

It’d been a long time between drinks for the 10-year-old prior to a bloodless victory in the West Wales National at Ffos Las on April – some 25 months to be precise – but Bowen’s charge has seen his handicap mark tumble in that period from 150 down to 133, taking full advantage on heavy ground under Sean Bowen.

Henri Parry Morgan seemed to relish the step up in trip and the extra four furlongs here should be well within range, as long as that effort hasn’t left its mark.

I’m confident they’ll be no ill-effects however as he lobbed along in a prominent position and was looked after by Bowen once hitting the front. A 6lb rise looks more than fair, he’s well handicapped best on old form, thriving on his racing and rates a good bet at 16-1.